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Nils Erik Ulset (born 16 July 1983 in
Tingvoll Municipality Tingvoll is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Nordmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Tingvollvågen. Other villages include Meisingset, Kvisvik, Grimstad, and Torjulvågen. The munici ...
) is a Norwegian
biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...
, cross-country skier, and three-time
Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...
champion.


Biography

He competed at the
2002 Winter Paralympics The 2002 Winter Paralympics, the eighth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, from 7 to 16 March 2002. A total of 416 athletes from 36 nations participated. They were the first Winter Paralympics in the Ameri ...
in Salt Lake, where he took two gold medals in cross-country skiing, one in 10 km, LW2-4 and one in 20 km, standing. In biathlon he placed 7th in the 7.5 km, standing. At the
2006 Winter Paralympics The 2006 Winter Paralympic Games (), the ninth Paralympic Winter Games, took place in Turin, Italy, from 10 to 19 March 2006. These were the first Winter Paralympic Games to be held in Italy. They were also the first Paralympics to use the n ...
in Torino, he took two bronze medals in biathlon: The 12.5 km and 7.5 km, standing. In cross-country skiing he placed 9th in the men's 10 km, 14th in the 20 km and 9th in the 5 km, standing. He won silver at the
2010 Winter Paralympics The 2010 Winter Paralympics (), or the tenth Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, from March 12 to 21, 2010. The opening ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing ...
in Vancouver, for 3km pursuit standing biathlon. He won gold at the 12.5 km standing biathlon. In
cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreational activity; however, some still use it as a m ...
he took the silver medal in the men's 20 km, standing and bronze in the men's relay.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ulset, Nils Erik 1983 births Living people Paralympic biathletes for Norway Paralympic cross-country skiers for Norway Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Paralympic gold medalists for Norway Paralympic silver medalists for Norway Paralympic bronze medalists for Norway Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2006 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Norwegian male biathletes Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing Paralympic medalists in biathlon 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen